CVS Virginia Dist. v. Owens

Full title: CVS VIRGINIA DISTRIBUTION, INC. AND CVS CORP./GAB ROBINS NORTH AMERICA…

Court: Court of Appeals of Virginia. Richmond

Date published: Jun 3, 2003

Record No. 3032-02-2 (Va. Ct. App. Jun. 3, 2003)

Opinion

Record No. 3032-02-2.

June 3, 2003.

Appeal from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.

Michael P. Del Bueno (Ralph L. Whitt, Jr.; Whitt Associates, on briefs), for appellants.

B. Mayes Marks, Jr. (Marks and Williams, P.C., on brief), for appellee.

Present: Judges Felton, Kelsey and Senior Judge Willis.

MEMORANDUM OPINION¹

1 Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.

JUDGE JERE M.H. WILLIS, JR.

Pending review of the deputy commissioner's determination, the appellants filed with the commission on July 3, 2002, a petition to receive certain specified after-discovered evidence. The full commission filed its review opinion without ruling on that petition. Rule 3.3 of the Rules of the Commission required such a ruling.

The decision in this case turned in substantial measure on the claimant's credibility. Because the evidence asserted in the petition addressed the claimant's credibility, we cannot say that the commission's disregard of the petition was harmless error.

Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the commission and remand the case to the commission with direction to consider and rule on the petition and to take such further action as may be appropriate in light of that ruling.

Reversed and remanded.